Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: Clinical outcome with a 2-year follow-up

Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 5-8

  Arikat, Ala ^a   Zairi, Fahed ^a   Assaker, Richard ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Oswestry Disability Index; Spondylolisthesis and morbidity; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LEG PAIN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PEDICLE SCREW; REOPERATION; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84861027872     PISSN: 13196995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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